2 June
In the first five months of this year, 694 people in Vietnam suffered from food poisoning, of whom 15 died, according to the country's Preventive Health Department on Tuesday.
In the same period last year, 806 people were affected by food poisoning, of whom five died.
Between January and May, Vietnam spotted 26,900 dengue fever patients, including three fatalities, 4,921 foot-and-mouth disease cases and 186 viral encephalitis sufferers.
Vietnam currently has 210,500 HIV carriers, of whom 97,154 have become AIDS patients. To date, 98,705 people in the country have died of AIDS-related diseases, the department said.
xinhua
